Broom holder



.Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

UNiriEDsTArss y BRooM HOLDER.

Application iled .Tune 28, 1926. Serial- No. 119,111.

. The present invention relates to improve'- ments in display racks or stands, and has `tor its principal object -to provide a device which is particularly adapted foruse in 5 supporting and displaying brooms.

- @ne oi' the important objects of the present invention is to provide a broom holder' which is ot such construction as to permit a large stock of brooms tofbesupported on the stand 1o in such a 'manner as to be advantageously displayed, the supporting mea-ns for the brooms being of such construction as to permits the brooms to be readily inserted 'or removed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character which is simple in construction, inexpensve, strong, and durable, andfurther well adapted to the purpose for whichit 1 designed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the 'following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. I5 In the accompanying drawing forming a part olf' this application and in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the broom H holder embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view showing the broom supporting means which is secured on the horizontal arm.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates generally my improved broom holder, the same comprising the supporting base 2 which includes a pair of intersecting cross members 3. A series of rollers or casters l are secured on the bottom of the cross members 3 comprising the base 2.

Extending upwardly from the intersecting portions of the cross members 3 comprising the base 2 is the standard or upright 5, the same being substantially rectangular in cross section. Suitable braces 6 are secured at their lower ends to the upper Vfaces vof the cross members 3 of the base 2, the upper ends of these braces being secured to the rethereon. Suitable braces 8 are provided for the cross bar vor arm 7 as is shown more clearly in Figure 1. The longitudinal edges of the cross baror arm 7 are beveled as illustratedat- 9 with reference more particularly to' Figures 2 'and'3j The broom holder further includes the previsione-t' a series oteye members 10,'the same.beingarrangedfin pairs on the opposite beveled sides 9 of the cross bar or arm 7 adjacent the top thereof in the manner as clearly shown in the drawing. 'The purpose of these eye members will be presently ap! parent.

The broom supporting or suspension means comprises a spring clamp designated generally by the numeral 11 and one clamp is provided for each pair of eyes. The spring clamp is formed of a single strand of wire which is provided with a clamping loop 12 in the intern'iediate portion thereof, the arms 13 gradually converging toward their free ends and the free ends of the arms are disposed laterally las at 14 for disposition within the respective eye members 10, in the manner clearly shown in Figure 3. The

lateral extensions 14 formed on the'free ends of the arms 13 of each of the spring clamps cooperate with the eye members in providing a hinge and normally the arms are disposed downwardlyadjacent the beveled side faces of the cross bar or arm 7 when the spring clamps are not in use.

In order that the stand may support a number of brooms, the handle portions of the brooms are inserted through the clamping loops 12 and due to the resiliency of the wire from which the spring clamps are constructed, the loop members 12 will properly support the handle portions of the brooms, it being understood that thespring clampsare swung outwardly from the cross bar or arm 7 and when each of the spring clamps are used, it will be noted from Figure 2 of the drawing, that the brush heads of each pair..

of opposed brooms will engage one another and thus further aid'inproperly supporting the brooms so that the same will be advantageously displayed.

A price tag holder 15 may be 'secured on the cross bar or arm 7 at one end thereof to permit customers to readily ascertain the purchase price ofy the brooms supported on the stand 1. The casters or wheels 4 ren'- der the device portable so that the same may be readily moved from place to" place.

I claim as new and desiretosecure by Let-V ters Patent is y A stand of the class described comprising a` base, a vertical standardvsecuredthereon, horizontal arm` having its intermediate portion securedon the upper end of `the standard, broom'supporting means carried by said arm, said means comprising a series of eye members secured on the top of said arm and arranged in pairs adjacent each longitudinal edge of the arm, a spring clamp having a broom handle engaging loop hing edly associated with each pair of eye members, each of said `spring clamps being formed of a single strand of Wire,the inten mediate portion thereoi being bent to provide abroom Vhandle clamping loop, the free Vends of the Wire being disposed rearwardly in convergingrelation and terminating in laterally disposed ends which are adapted for disposition in the respec'tiveeye niembers of each `pair,saidspring clamps `being disposed on opposite sides of the arm in opi posed coacting relation7 whereby the brush heads of each pair of opposed brooms on the opposite sides of the arni will eiigage'with each other to hold the spring clamp in an outwardly disposedposition. i i

lntestimony `whereof I affix m signature. VANDREW' JACKSON MI LIGAN. 

